1.3 cook like a chef
Once you are familiar with the ingredients, its time to cook!
The elements of music in specific genres follow patterns. These patterns can then be boiled down to a create a recipe. Learn how to follow a recipe to choose instrument sounds and arrange loops to create an EDM track.
Listen to the EDM Playlist below to hear how the recipe is applied by the pros.
The Cook
1 | How To Find Loops
Drag and drop the perfect sound.
2 | What Is A Bar
A bar is made up of four beats.
3 | Mark Sections
Label the sections with Intro, Build, Drop, and Outro.
4 | The Magic Number
Use 8 bar sections to help guide the listener.
5 | Arrange Main Sounds
Move the drum, bass, and melody sounds to fill the form.
6 | Add A Build
Create tension by adding a build effect.
7 | Add Crashes
Emphasize new sections with crashes.
8 | Subtraction
Create space at the end of a section to add impact to the beginning of the next.